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Winnipeg, January 28, 2008 - Intergrated Mining Registration System (IMRS) - Pacific GeoTech Systems is pleased to announce that the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mines of the Government of Manitoba has awarded the company Phase I of the project to design an integrated mining registry system. For further information email info@pacificgeotech.com

Victoria, January 20, 2008 - Pacific GeoTech Systems was awarded a contract for IT Operational Enhancements for Mineral Titles Online (MTO) system. The latest framework software will feature several new capabilities, processes, and improved productivity tools (Calculation of SOW, Lease Term Extension, Private Land Ownership, and others). These improvements are to ensure that the MTO software framework adheres to the BC Mineral Tenure Act.
For further information email info@pacificgeotech.com

Whitehorse, December 01, 2007 - Pacific GeoTech Systems North Inc. is happy to announce that the company has successfully delivered the preliminary business requirements for the Faro Mine Closure and Assessment Web Portal project for the Assessment and Abandoned Mines Government of Yukon.

Whitehorse, November 14, 2007 - Recognized as an Industry-leader for integrated land and resource management systems and web-based geospatial business systems, Pacific GeoTech Systems group is pleased to announce that they are a Gold Sponsor of the Whitehorse, Yukon Territory - 35th Yukon Forum Science Conference.

Calgary, May 01, 2007 - You are invited to attend in Calgary, the western Oil and Gas Canadian city, the ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION session on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 13:30-15:30 on cutting-edge geospatial technology solutions from BC - Mineral Titles Online, presented by Mr. Jim Turner. Also, drop by Pacific GeoTech Systems exciting new booth 315 at the GeoTec Event 2007.

Victoria, March 20, 2007 - Pacific GeoTech Systems, a leader in the development of e-Government business solutions is pleased to announce the company which has successfully delivered the Design and Business Requirements of the Pre-Authorized Debit (PAD) system to the Titles and Offshore Division, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, one month ahead of schedule. The Ministry continues to work towards an integrated e-Commerce delivery system to provide clients with an electronic means of paying annual rentals, license extension and lease continuation, fees and miscellaneous payments.

Pacific GeoTech Systems has designed and implemented different e-Commerce systems that have proven to streamline government service delivery to clients, reduce red-tape and provide Government with operational efficiencies required in today’s fast paced world.

Victoria, March 10, 2007 - Online Nunavut Mineral Acquisition Prototype (ONMAP) - Pacific GeoTech has delivered several enhancements and modifications for the ONMAP application to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), Nunavut Regional Office (NRO). NRO is evaluating the business case for implementing On-line claim staking and permitting services to meet the business needs of the Mining Industry and Government.

ONMAP application developed using Pacific GeoTech truePERMIT™ framework technology visually demonstrates what a map selection and permitting system might look like for Nunavut.The recent development also shows the business intersections and interfaces with the Nunavut Planing Commission (NPC) and PLANNER. The ONMAP was presented at the INAC National Geomatics Workshop in Ottawa, December 2006; Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver, January 2007 and Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) in Toronto, March 2007. For further information email info@pacificgeotech.com

Regina, Saskatchewan, February 26, 2007 - The province of Saskatchewan has recently signed an agreement with Pacific GeoTech for the design and development of a pilot On-line map selection system and transition plan documents. Recent comments at the Toronto PDAC convention indicate that following the success of the British Columbia Mineral Titles On-line (MTO) system, the concept of On-line Registries and specifically On-line Titles Administration systems has become a hot topic in Provincial Government circles and the Mining Industry. The significant benefits of the award winning system framework developed by Pacific GeoTech has made it the benchmark for systems under consideration across the country.

"Pacific GeoTech’s product provides a scaleable framework solution that is customized to meet the business and IT requirements of Government and Industry" said Andy Lang, President of Pacific GeoTech Systems. The company is working in partnership with the province of Saskatchewan in the initial client consultation phase and has pilots underway in Nunavut and the Yukon.
For further information email info@pacificgeotech.com

Victoria, January 5, 2007 - Oracle PartnerNetwork Worldwide - Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd., a leader in electronic permitting software solutions for
e-Government globally, today announced that the company is a partner in the Oracle® PartnerNetwork worldwide. The Oracle® PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 13,800 companies that deliver innovative enterprise software solutions based on Oracle software.

Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle® PartnerNetwork provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's Internet economy. Oracle partners are able to offer customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest enterprise software company.

Pacific GeoTech is an award winning company specializing in credential management solutions, and recognized by Canadian Business Online and PROFIT100 Magazine as the fastest growing software development company in Canada in both 2005 and 2006. Founded in 1996, PGTS is a privately held company with offices in Victoria, Whitehorse, Calgary, Canada and Hannover, Germany. For further information email info@pacificgeotech.com

Victoria, October 27, 2006 - Pre-Authorized Debit, e-Payments Project - Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. is pleased to announce that the B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Titles Division, Compliance and Administration Branch, has awarded us the review of the current legacy applications, the re-engineering process, detailed business requirements and design specifications contract for their e-Payments initiative.

The Division is increasingly relying on electronic payment processes to streamline service delivery to clients. As part of this initiative, the Division has evaluated opportunities to provide clients with an electronic means of paying annual rentals, licence extension, lease continuations and making other miscellaneous electronic payments.

Calgary, September 26, 2006 - New Subsidiary opened in Alberta. Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. is happy to announce the creation of a new subsidiary company - Pacific GeoTech Systems West Inc. as of September 26th, 2006 in Alberta. The PGTS West office is located in Calgary and extends the company’s activities to clients in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.

The opening of this subsidiary results from the fast upward development and business values of PGTS, including its high degree of competitiveness among Canadian e-Government companies. " Growth is very important to us" said Andy Lang, the President of the Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. "I believe that growth strengthens our company"

Toronto, June 6, 2006 - PROFIT magazine today reveals its exclusive annual ranking of Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies, the PROFIT 100.
Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. (PGTS) earns for the second year in a row top spot in PROFIT Magazine's List of Canada's Fastest Growing Companies; PGTS ranks #101 in the 18th Annual PROFIT Ranking of Canada's Fastest Growing Companies 2006.

About Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd.
PGTS is a global provider of consulting services, enterprise resource management technology and a leader in e-Government software development and business solutions. We offer clients a full range of professional services, business process modeling, re-engineering, products and end-to-end solutions, including application development, system integration, implementation, training and support to the government and private sectors. Visit PGTS

About PROFIT Magazine
PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success, offer news, strategies, tips, interviews and other resources to entrepreneurs leading Canada's fastest-growing companies. Each year PROFIT - which currently reaches more than 400,000 readers nationally - hosts a number of events that bring together business leaders in the fast-growth segment and champions the interests of those leaders. PROFIT was founded in April 1982 as Canada's first national magazine geared to entrepreneurs. Visit PROFITguide.com

Victoria, March 31, 2006 - On-line Map Staking Application - Nunavut’s Prototype will be featured at the Nunavut Mining Symposium (April 2, Cambridge Bay) - The Online Nunavut Mineral Acquisition Prototype (ONMAP), a customized framework application of our Mineral Titles Online software, will be presented to the Nunavut Government and mining industry representatives at the Nunavut Mining Symposium in Cambridge Bay on April 2nd, 2006. The demo and ONMAP presentation of the main benefits of the application will be made by Anna North, ONMAP Project Manager from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Nunavut Regional Office.

For more information, visit the 2006 Nunavut Mining Symposium Page

Victoria, March 29, 2006 - Service Excellence Recognition for Mineral Titles Online - BC Mineral Titles Branch and the Mineral Titles Online (MTO) System have been presented today with the the 2006 BC Premier’s Awards for innovation and excellence in public service programs. Administered by the B.C. Public Service Agency, the Premier’ s Award for Service Excellence recognizes outstanding performance in the delivery of services to the public, based on the following criteria: impact produced on community and administrative operations, alignment with the public service mission and values as well as the complexity of services granted to customers.

"We are happy to know that our implementation is acclaimed once again for its excellence and performance to improve the manner in which the B.C. government does mining business with its clients", said Andy Lang, the President of the Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd.



From left to right: Bill Tozer (Director of Business Development, PGTS), Rick Conte ( Director, B.C. Mineral Titles Branch), Richard Neufeld (B.C. Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources), Eugen Toaxen (CEO, PGTS).

"To develop the MTO, we had in mind the idea to provide mining clients with the most useful services, from identifying electronically a mining area to obtain online a mineral title. A large part of this application’ s success is due to the businesses’ and clients’ inputs in determining the final form of the MTO", mentioned Eugen Toaxen the CEO of the Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. The Premier’ s Awards is the fifth distinction that the MTO has received for supporting the BC Government to provide quick, friendly and ongoing access to the mining services.

For more information, please see the B.C. Public Service Agency' s Website.

Whitehorse, Yukon, February 13, 2006 - Design Phase project won in Whitehorse, Yukon - Pacific GeoTech Systems North Inc., a leader in the development of e-Government business solutions, has been awarded the Design Phase of the Web-based Application Form and an Online Inquiry Module as part of the Student Financial Assistance System by the Advanced Education Branch of the Yukon Government.

The company will design and develop an electronic interface for helping the Student Financial Assistance Unit from the Advanced Education Branch to meet the needs of Yukon students using of Oracle’ s HTML/ DB. This two-phase project will result in a Web-based Application Form that enables students to apply online to get financial assistance and an Online Inquiry Module that allows them to check the status of their loan application.

Victoria, January 23, 2006 - Nunavut Pilot Project for Implementing On-line Staking and Permitting Services - In January 2006, a pilot project for implementing On-line staking and permitting services to meet the business needs of Nunavut Regional Office (NRO), Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) Canada was launched. Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. (PGTS) is pleased to announce that the pilot would capture the process from start to finish of On-line staking (map selection) concept using Nunavut data and maps and PGTS truePERMIT™ framework solution.

Victoria, January 19, 2006 - eMining Project - Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. is pleased to announce that the B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, Mining and Mineral Division, Sustainability Branch, has awarded us the development contract for their eMining System.

The project aims to reduce the level of manual effort required by applicants and Ministry staff to submit and revise applications for mineral, coal and placer exploration permits. Through this project, our company will develop within the Ministry’s e-Service initiative: a web-based data collection application based on a BCeID authentication that allows applicants to initiate an exploration permit application; full documentation of the web-based system; seamless integration with the Mining and Minerals division’s Web site; and undertake technical assessment of the existing Mine Management System.

Whitehorse, Yukon, January 16, 2006 - Motor Vehicles and Driver Licences System - iDRIV - Pacific GeoTech Systems North Inc. is pleased to announce that the Department of Community Services (DCS), Yukon Government, has awarded the Construction and Implementation contract for the New Motor Vehicles and Driver Licences System - iDRIV.

The company will provide a complete IT application development service in support of New Motor Vehicles and Driver Licences System IT service delivery model. Our project managers and technical team members will manage, develop, test and implement the Client modules, Drivers modules, security and registration, and database development of the iDRIV system.

Victoria, October 27, 2005 - Recognition Time for Mineral Titles Online -
A press release issued by the B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources on 0ctober 27, 2005 states that BC is one of the first jurisdictions in the world that have combined innovative advanced mapping technologies,
e-commerce, and payment systems for online claim acquisition. "Jurisdictions around the world are looking to MTO for innovative ways to increase access to data for miners, ensure tenure security and maintain an efficient and competitive administrative system", says Mines and Petroleum Resources Minister, Richard Neufeld, in the same press release.

In less than nine months since its launch on January 12, 2005, the implementation work done by the B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources has paid off. The MTO e-government solution developed by Pacific GeoTech Systems resulted in 160% increase in the number of mineral claims acquired electronically, comparable to the previous year, nearly $8.5 million in direct savings that might be used for finding and developing new mines, and highly reduced costs to the mining industry for ground staking. "Using Internet technology and state-of-the-art mapping software, MTO has brought claim acquisition and title maintenance into the digital world", said Minister Neufeld.

For more information, please visit the Ministry Web site

Victoria, October 7, 2005 - Golden Week Award - In only two days, the B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources was presented with three awards of excellence for the way they deployed the Mineral Titles Online (MTO) system.

Designed and developed by Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd., the innovative system for granting electronically Mineral Tenures in British Columbia has been rewarded with a GTEC Gold Medal, an ESRI Canada Award of Excellence and a Public Sector Transformation Information Technology Award, for Excellence in Innovative Collaboration.

"Every single distinction we have received in the past few days is highly meaningful, as each comes to recognize and emphasize different strengths that our products and solutions offer. These awards celebrate all our recent efforts to develop an outstanding e-government permitting application that is universally accessible, secure, practical and that cuts red tape", said Andy Lang, the president of the Pacific GeoTech. The MTO system has a far-reaching impact on industry, government, citizens and investments in exploration by ensuring a fair, transparent and fast title acquisition process.

Victoria, October 6, 2005 - The Mineral Titles Online system won the 2005 Public Sector Transformation Information Technology Award, for Excellence in Innovative Collaboration - The Mineral Titles Online system won the 2005 Public Sector Transformation Information Technology Award, for Excellence in Innovative Collaboration.

The award was presented at the Annual Strategies for Public Sector Transformation 2005 conference in Victoria. MTO is an E-Commerce GIS Internet-based mineral titles administration system that allows the mineral exploration industry to acquire and maintain mineral titles by selecting an area on a seamless digital GIS map of British Columbia and pay the associated fees electronically.



From left to right 1st row: Karen Diederichs (Portfolio Project Manager, Ministry of Finance, Electronic Banking Services); Kim Stone (Manager, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Recording Office/GC/CA); Del de Medeiros (Portfolio Project Manager, Ministry of Finance, Electronic Banking Services).

From left to right 2nd row: Doug Say (Manager, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Business Application Services); Nicholas Krischanowsky (Director, Ministry of Finance, Banking/Cash Management Branch), Bill MacArthur (A/Project Manager, Ministry of Finance, Electronic Banking Services); Eugen Toaxen (CEO, PGTS), Andy Lang (President, PGTS).

About REBOOT:
The REBOOT Innovation Award is an annual event organized by the prestigious group Reboot Communications Ltd., well-known for its national and international initiatives in the field of information technology. The 7th Annual Information Technology Awards are part of the Strategies for Public Sector Transformation Conference. The Conference celebrates results achieved by the BC Provincial Government and the broader public sector in transforming services to the public through the application of technology. For more information visit: REBOOT

Victoria, October 4, 2005 - The Mineral Titles Online System was awarded the GOLD medal under the "Innovative E-Government in the Provinces" banner at the 2005 GTEC Award in Ottawa - Developed by Pacific GeoTech Systems for the BC Ministry of Energy and Mines, the new mineral title registry system for BC incorporates the acquisition and maintenance of mineral and placer titles with
e-commerce and on-line transmission of information.



From right to left: Jim Turner (MTO Project Manager), Bill Tozer (PGTS, Director of Business Development), Nelson Lah (Chief Information Officer, Information Management Group, Ministry of Forest)

Mineral Titles Online received the highest award to recognize the application’s outstanding achievements in developing and implementing innovative systems that have improved e-government operations and service delivery at the provincial level.

"We are absolutely thrilled that Mineral Titles Online is the recipient of the GTEC Gold medal", said Andy Lang, the President of the Pacific Geo Tech Systems Ltd. "The award acknowledges and celebrates all our recent efforts to develop an outstanding e-government permitting application that is universally accessible, secure, practical and that cuts red tape." "The Gold medal brings a three-fold recognition: of our leadership, innovation and excellence," he added.

Every year, the GTEC event brings together in a keen competition over 100 IT professionals who designed applications for the federal, provincial and municipal governments. For more information visit GTEC

Victoria, October 4, 2005 - ESRI Canada presented the Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, Titles Branch for the Mineral Titles Online System with an Award of Excellence at ESRI Regional user Conference in Victoria.



From left to right: Rick Conte (Director Mineral Titles), Kim Stone (Manager, Recording Office/GC/CA), Eugen Toaxen (CEO PGTS), Alex Miller (President ESRI Canada), Andy Lang (President PGTS)

The award recognizes Mineral Titles Online for its capacity to innovatively and progressively integrate Internet mapping technology to the benefit of the industry, government and the public. Developed by Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd.(PGTS), the Mineral Titles Online application allows provincial authorities and interested parties to electronically manage all procedures related to the acquisition of mineral title in BC, ranging from initial registration to electronic payment.

"We are extremely honoured to have received this distinction from the world leader in GIS system technology," said Eugen Toaxen, CEO of Pacific GeoTech Systems. "We strive for innovation in GIS and hold such awards in high regard, as they embody our long-standing and ongoing commitment of excellence to our clients," he added.

Every year ESRI Canada presents Awards of Excellence to the most deserving Canadian organizations whose leading-edge applications open up new approaches in the GIS area. For more information about ESRI Awards of Excellence visit ESRI Canada

Victoria, September 20, 2005 - A New Success for Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. - Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. is pleased to announce the successful migration of more than 1600 coverages from the regional coverage to the Regional Data Warehouse (ArcSDE) for the Information Management Branch, Data Management Services. As a result, various local data from all regions of British Columbia have been classified in accordance with 50 categories, such as: Forests, Grasslands and Wetlands; Fish, Wildlife and Plant Species or Parks, Recreation and Tourism etc., as well as metadata captured and symbolised according to Ministry standards.

The project started in May 2004 and it was conducted in two phases. Initially, it covered two regions of British Columbia: Prince George and Kamloops and then expanded to all BC regions: Nanaimo, Nelson, Smithers, Surrey, Victoria and Williams Lake.

Whitehorse, Yukon, August 02, 2005 - New Subsidiary Opened by Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. - Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. is happy to announce the creation of a subsidiary company called Pacific GeoTech Systems North as of July 26th, 2005 in the Yukon. The PGTS North office is located in Whitehorse and extends the company’s activities by addressing to clients from Yukon, Alaska, and North West Territories (NWT). The opening of this subsidiary is a consequence of the fast upward evolution of PGTS and its high competitiveness among the Canadian GIS companies.

Victoria, August 01, 2005 - Honorable Mention for Mineral Titles Online (MTO) - Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. was awarded the Honorable Mention for its application, Mineral Titles Online (MTO), developed for the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. The award was given by the Geospatial Solutions Magazine, an American publication on business and computer applications, with a circulation of around 30,000.

For six consecutive years, this magazine has been running an annual Applications Contest to select the most innovative and creative applications of geospatial technologies. The winners of this competition are picked up among the readers of the Geospatial Solutions Magazine who come up with their projects. For more details, visit Geospatial Solutions

Victoria, June 20, 2005 - New Motor Vehicles and Driver Licences System -
Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. (PGTS) is pleased to announce that the Department of Community Services (DCS), Yukon Government, has awarded the Design System Contract for the New Motor Vehicles and Driver Licences System.
The company will provide a complete IT Design Service solution in support of New Motor Vehicles and Driver Licences System IT service delivery model. Our project and technical team will conduct a detailed design (process, business and technical) of the new system; design logical/physical data model, provide user interface, help, acceptance test and trainer plan, implement a migration plan, and finalize the system environment design.

Our in-depth expertise in electronic permitting, licensing and related technologies will provide a complete solution that will significantly enhance Yukon Government IT service delivery model. For more information about the project, please call Eugen Toaxen at (250) 882-5025 or visit our web site to learn more about electronic permitting solutions. - truePERMIT

Toronto, June 6, 2005 - PROFIT magazine today reveals its exclusive annual ranking of Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies, the PROFIT 100.
Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. (PGTS) earns top 100 spot in PROFIT Magazine's List of Canada's Fastest Growing Companies; PGTS ranks #58 in the 17th Annual PROFIT 100 Ranking of Canada's Fastest Growing Companies 2005.
"We're very proud to be on the TOP 100 List of very successful companies in Canada" says Andy Lang, President and Founder.

About Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd.
PGTS is a global provider of consulting services, enterprise resource management technology and a leader in the development of GIS business solutions. We offer clients a full range of professional services, business process modeling, re-engineering, products and end-to-end solutions, including application development, system integration, implementation, training and support to the government and private sectors. Visit PGTS

About PROFIT Magazine
PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success, offer news, strategies, tips, interviews and other resources to entrepreneurs leading Canada's fastest-growing companies. Each year PROFIT - which currently reaches more than 400,000 readers nationally - hosts a number of events that bring together business leaders in the fast-growth segment and champions the interests of those leaders. PROFIT was founded in April 1982 as Canada's first national magazine geared to entrepreneurs. Visit PROFITguide.com

Vancouver, March 17, 2005 - MTO Results

Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. has successfully launched Mineral Titles Online (MTO), a cutting-edge GIS Internet-based e-Commerce system for acquiring title to mineral and placer claims in B.C. Since MTO went live on January 12, 2005, the government is able to process mineral/placer claims in a highly efficient and cost effective manner.

MTO allows free miners to acquire mineral rights by selecting a claim on a map on a computer screen rather than by staking a claim on the ground. This enables them to focus their resources on the ground exploration rather than on staking. The MTO system is operational 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

As of March 15, MTO received over 10 million hits to the official web site and a total of 6,000 new claims were acquired. With MTO, the BC Government and the BC Ministry of Energy and Mines is leading the world in mineral and placer claim acquisition. For more information, please visit the official MTO

Victoria, February 15, 2005 - Petroleum Titles Online Launch

Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. (PGTS) is please to announce the release of "Petroleum Titles Online" (PTO) system. The integrated system developed by PGTS facilitates petroleum tenure-related transactions through the Internet.
The project is a joint initiative developed by the BC Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) and the BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management (MSRM).

PTO was developed to allow interested parties to view maps of petroleum and natural gas tenures in conjunction with other related base-mapping data and obtain reports of specific tenure information. PTO allows interested parties to select parcels of Crown petroleum and natural gas rights on an interactive map for inclusion in one of the BC Titles Division's monthly dispositions of petroleum and natural gas rights using an Internet map selection tool.
For more information, please visit PTO

Victoria, February 2, 2005 - Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. New location

Pacific GeoTech Systems a global leader in the development and implementation of GIS software for resource-based enterprises is pleased to announce that we have recently moved to a newly renovated, 4300 square feet office located in the beautiful downtown Victoria.

Our new address is 2404 Douglas Street (corner of Douglas and Bay).
Please drop in for a visit! For direction and map click Here

Vancouver, January 12, 2005 - Mineral Titles Online Official Launch

Mineral Titles Online (MTO), a cutting-edge Internet-based system for acquiring title to mineral and placer claims - and the latest step in the government’s strategy to streamline the administration of mining and further boost mining investment in B.C. - is now fully operational, announced Minister of Energy and Mines, Richard Neufeld and Minister of State for Mining, Pat Bell today.

"With MTO operational, B.C. is now leading the world in mineral claim acquisition by combining map selection with online mineral claim acquisition," said Neufeld. This new approach greatly increases security of mineral title in B.C. and allows title holders to focus their resources on ground exploration. With this increase in exploration, B.C. is going to see more new discoveries, which will lead to more new mines and more new jobs throughout B.C.

For more information about Mineral Titles Online project please visit MTO.

Vancouver, Oct 6-7, 2004 - Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. attends ESRI Regional User Expo in Vancouver, BC.

Organised by the ESRI Canada, the ESRI Regional User Expo is the Western Canada's major GIS technology information event.

As part of the conference, Pacific GeoTech will showcase exciting new developments around their latest application development using ESRI products: Mineral Titles Online (MTO), the first e-Commerce permitting GIS web-enabled system for mineral title acquisition in BC.

For more information about Mineral Titles Online project please visit MTO.

Victoria, Oct 4-5, 2004 - Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. attends ESRI Regional User Expo in Victoria, BC.

Organised by the ESRI Canada, the ESRI Regional User Expo is the Western Canada's major GIS technology information event.

As part of the conference, Pacific GeoTech will showcase exciting new developments around their latest application development using ESRI products: Petroleum Titles Online (PTO), the first GIS web-enabled system that facilitates petroleum tenure-related transactions - spatial petroleum tenure data and related tenure administration processes through the internet.

For more information about Petroleum Titles Online project please visit PTO.

Victoria, July 9, 2004 - Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. (PGTS) is pleased to announce that the BC Ministry of Forests, Protection Branch, is using Real-time Emergency Management via Satellite (REMSAT) II Extension Tools implemented within the new ESRI ArcGIS 9.X user interface, developed using .NET and ArcObjects to battle the BC forest fires.

The REMSAT II Tools have been operationally deployed by BCFS for the current 2004 fire season. For more information, please visit the REMSAT II.

Victoria, June 21, 2004 - Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. (PGTS) is pleased to announce the release of ArcMiner 1.1, a custom-based extension to ESRI ArcMap 8.x user interface, which was developed using .NET and ArcObjects for mineral and placer tenure management.

This latest version incorporates several enhancements of the existing spatial engine functionality to allow BC Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) and BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management (MSRM) staff to update, edit and manage geospatial mineral tenures. The improvements are a direct result of MEM/MSRM users feedback to accommodate the needs of their business processes. ArcMiner provides spatial toolkit solutions that simplify GIS requirements and make the delivery of business processes more efficient.

Victoria, April 21, 2004 - Legislation Supports New Internet-Based Claims Staking Mineral Tiltles Online.

Minister of Energy and Mines Richard Neufeld announced changes to the Mineral Tenure Act that will enable a new Internet-based system for acquiring mineral and placer claims (Mineral Titles Online)... (read more)

Victoria, April 2, 2004 - Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. (PGTS) announces the release of ArcMiner 1.0, a custom-based extension to ESRI ArcMap 8.x user interface which was developed using .NET and ArcObjects for mineral and placer tenure management.

ArcMiner application is mainly used for adding and editing existing geospatial mineral tenures data, as part of the Mineral Titles Online (MTO) data integration project.

Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. attends 2004 Mineral Exploration Roundup Trade Show in Vancouver, BC



Organised by the British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines, the 21st Annual Mineral Exploration Roundup is Western Canada's premier mineral exploration event and one of the largest exploration conferences in the world.

As part of the conference, Pacific GeoTech will showcase exciting new developments around their latest application" Mineral Titles Online (MTO), the first e-Commerce GIS web-enabled system for mineral title acquisition in BC.

For more information about Mineral Titles Online please visit: MTO

Victoria, BC January 07, 2004 - Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. won a contract from the British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines to design and develop Petroleum Titles Online (PTO), a GIS web-enabled digital solution for electronic access to geo-spatial petroleum and natural gas tenure data in BC.

For more information about Petroleum Titles Online please visit: PTO

Victoria, BC September 10, 2003 - Mineral Titles Online (MTO).
Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. is pleased to announce that the British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines has chosen Pacific GeoTech to implement Mineral Titles Online, the first e-Commerce GIS web system for mineral tenure acquisition in BC.

The MTO system will streamline the entire BC mineral claim acquisition process using Internet technology, e-Commerce and GIS web-based mapping software. The web application will allow any holder of a Mining Certificate, giving individuals the authority to stake for minerals in BC, to make application for a mineral title using the Internet. The process employs “map selection” and allows the applicant to view other mineral tenure information, planimetric data in various scales, mineral occurrence, Land Act tenures including private land, and other spatial and attribute data. Pacific GeoTech will make use of their proven truePERMIT solutions to implement MTO.

For more information about Mineral Claims online please visit: MTO

Victoria, BC August 21, 2003 - BC Cadastral Spatial Data Conversion.
Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. is pleased to announce that BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management, Surveyor General Branch has awarded the Cadastral Spatial Data Conversion project.

Victoria, BC July 14, 2003 - Electronic Petroleum Application Spatial Submission (e-PASS). Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. today announced the release of e-PASS enhanced with a BC TRIM data exchange module.

e-PASS is an Internet-based GIS application that enables the British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission to electronically receive, process and manage spatial components of land use applications related to petroleum development in BC.

The application requirements are based on accommodating electronic submissions online, streamlining the petroleum applications development and review process, and providing a common framework of standards, schemas, and infrastructure for data distribution online. The new release incorporates BC TRIM Updates while providing a framework to connect other data exchange clients who are submitting BC TRIM updates over the web.

For more information about e-Pass please visit: e-PASS

Victoria, BC March 19, 2003 - Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd., in partnership with HR GISolutions Inc., have successfully delivered Phase II of the Mineral Data Conversion project

Together the companies offer an excellent combination of geo-spatial data conversions, conditioning and integration experience.
In preparation for the Map Selection Project (MS) referred to as Mineral Title Online (MTO), 30 letter blocks (over 3000 map sheets at 1:20,000) were assigned to be converted, registered with existing Mineral tenure layers and reconcile to the TRIM Updates and current spatial Cadastral fabric files, in accordance with data standards set out jointly by the Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management and the Ministry of Energy and Mines.

Victoria, BC February 20, 2003 - Forest Tenure OnLine implementation in Quesnel Forest District.

Quesnel Forest District staff, together with the major BC Forest Companies (Licensees), have been trained in using Forest Tenure OnLine (FTO). They are currently using FTO for their cutting permit and road permit electronic applications submissions.

For more information about Forest Tenure Online, please visit FTO.

Victoria, BC February 05, 2003 - Pacific GeoTech Systems SHP2GML Solutions Makes Debut in Hungary.

Pacific GeoTech Systems is pleased to welcome ESRI Magyarország (ESRI Hungary) as their new business reseller for SHP2GML Suite products in Europe. The companies have entered into an alliance agreement that enables ESRI Magyarország to integrate SHP2GML Java Library - Geo4J platform into their new generation of software products. SHP2GML Java Library (Geo4J) is a simple Java Library that enables integration with third party applications. ESRI's SHAPEFILE format is fully supported.

To learn how to make SHP2GML GeoBroker simply work try our online demo.

The new, integrated software application will be marketed and supported through ESRI Magyarország's offices in Hungary and Europe.

For more information about ESRI Magyarország, please visit www.esrihu.hu

Mr. Andy Lang, President of Pacific GeoTech Systems stated: "With SHP2GML, users in Hungary will experience a completely new level of capabilities: GML solution for serving and validating geo-spatial data using compression and smart XML-parsing". He further added that the Geo4J addresses the growing need for geo-spatial exchange.

Additional information about Pacific GeoTech, visit www.pacificgeotech.com

Victoria, BC January 04, 2003 - Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd., proudly announces wining a contract to produce a business analysis report and a data model/data entity relationship report for Ministry of Energy and Mines, Titles Branch.

 In an effort to adopt web based systems for business transactions the Titles Branch has embarked on an initiative that will streamline the Mineral Tenure Administration and Mineral & Placer Tenure acquisition process by changing the method of title acquisition from the traditional 'staking' to an electronic form of selecting claims based on digital geographic information systems (GIS) mapping. The current mineral data administration (MiDA) will be migrated to a new Oracle data base to facilitate development of the Internet-based system for issuance of the Free Miner Certificate (FMC) and Title acquisition. Part of the Map Selection Project (MS) referred to as Mineral Title Online (MTO) will be a web-enabled application driven by a map server. The FMC and MS application will include connections to the BC Connects architecture, authentication using the BceID and Citizen ID applications and payments schemas connected to the BC Connects and Banking Cash Management Branch (BCMB).

Victoria, BC December 20, 2002 - Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd., in partnership with HR GISolutions Inc., has successfully delivered Phase I of the Mineral Data Conversion project. Together the companies offered an excellent combination of geo-spatial data conversions, conditioning and integration experience.

In preparation for the Map Selection Project (MS) referred to as Mineral Title Online (MTO), 17 letter blocks (over 1,500 map sheets) were assigned to be converted, registered with existing Mineral tenure layers and reconciled to the TRIM Updates and current spatial Cadastral fabric files, in accordance with data standards set out jointly by the Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management and the Ministry of Energy and Mines.

Victoria, BC November 15, 2002 - Terrestrial Information Branch, Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management has awarded Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd. a contract for designing the Recreation ESRI SDE data model, importing and publishing all recreation inventory geo-spatial information online using ESRI's ArcIMS solution. Pacific GeoTech will develop an export version procedure from ESRI SDE to GML/XML format to allow recreation inventory updates.

 Victoria, BC October 18, 2002 - Pacific GeoTech Systems Ltd., proudly announces that the Forest Practices Branch (Ministry of Forests) has awarded us with a contract for designing the Forest Health ESRI SDE data model and publishing the health aerial overview survey geo-spatial information online using ESRI's ArcIMS solution to produce a business analysis report and a data model/data entity

 Pacific GeoTech has developed a comprehensive Java Library that delivers fast Geographic Information over the Internet and easily translates geo-spatial ESRI SHAPE format to Geography Markup Language (GML) format.
SHP2GML is a complete solution for serving and validating geo-spatial data using compression and smart XML-parsing. The library addresses the growing need for geo-spatial exchange and standardized geographic information and services between government and private sectors.

Visit the home page of the SHP2GML java library at: www.pacificgeotech.com
Or learn more about GML technologies from the GML Central Resources: www.gmlcentral.com

Pacific GeoTech wins new contract from Oil and Gas Commission Branch
The Oil and Gas Commission regulates crude oil, natural gas and pipeline activities in the province of British Columbia. The Commission awarded Pacific GeoTech a contract to develop an Internet-based GIS application that will enable the Commission to receive, process and manage land use applications electronically. The application will also streamline the petroleum development application submission and review process. Pacific GeoTech attends 2002 Interforst Trade Show in Munich, Germany



Every four years Munich is host to one of the most important trade fairs for international forestry. For the forestry and log timber technology experts it is the authoritative information market for all questions regarding forestry.

Pacific GeoTech attended the Interforst, trade show in Munich, Germany, July 3-7, 2002. Showcased solutions included e-permitting and web-hosting . The products presented included Holz Office, a sophisticated timber harvesting management software developed for the German market.

Pacific GeoTech opens an office in Germany - We are proud to announce the opening of a new office in Germany,Pacific GeoTech Deutschland. This will allow us, in cooperation with our German partners, to expand the provision of our innovative on-line solutions and custom-software application development to the German market.

New TRIM Exchange Online pilot project using XML, GML, Java and ArcIMS technologies - Pacific GeoTech is working on a pilot project for the Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management, Base Mapping Section, that would allow the submission of TRIM (Terrain Resource Information Management) Updates online, including a tracking and reporting system.

Pacific GeoTech presents e-Permitting at 2002 Prince George GIS Conference - Andy Lang, President of Pacific GeoTech, was a keynote speaker at the third Northern BC GIS Conference , in conjunction with Forest Expo 2002 in Prince George, BC.
He presented on e-permitting, an overview of electronic approval online.